Purse-frame



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No. 453,282. Patented June 2, 1891.

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AUGUST GOERTZ, OF NEXVARK, NE\V JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,282, dated June 2,1891.

Application filed February 18, 1891. Serial No. 381,818. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

provements in Purse-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and

.exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention, set' forth in detail hereinafter, relates toimprovements in purse or similar frames made up of pivotally-securedsections or plates adapted to be folded against each other in the mannerof a system of arms or levers commonly known as lazytongs, and theobject of the present invention is to secure a frame of great strengthand one which is better adapted to be used on bags of this class.

The invention therefore consists in providing certain of said sectionsor plates comprising the lazy-tongs withprongs or points adapted to beforced through the material and bent down thereon, whereby a simple andcheap construction is the result.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of myimproved purseframe secured to the upper end of a bag of any suitablematerial, the frame being represented in its closed position. Fig. 2 isa front view of the frame when open, clearly illustrating the operationof the plates or sec tions of the frame when the purse has been opened.Fig. 3 is a top view of the frame, showing the pivoted plates orsectionsin their open relation to each other and provided with meansformed integrally therewith on some of said plates or sections adaptedto be forced through the material of the bag for securing the same tothe frame. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the frame-sectionsemployed, and Fig.6 is a vertical section of one of the plate or framesections provided with the pointed prongs, illustrating the manner.

of forcing the same through the material and bending the prongs downupon the opposite The purse or bag on which my improved .frame isintended to be used is of the ordinary construction, and consists of anordinary bag a, made of leather or any other suitable material.

As illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, the mouth-closingdevice 'or frame to be secured to the bag consists, essentially, of theplates or sections 1) and b, pivotally connected with each other atdifierent points by means of pins, rivets, or screws 0. These sectionscomprising the frame, when in their open relation, form twoconcentrically-arranged rings, as shown in Fig. 3, which are securedtogether by the pins, rivets, or screws 0, and the inner ring, which isformed by the sections or plates 1), is provided with the inwardly-bentprongs or points W, as shown.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown the forms of the sections 1) and b, which Icontemplate using in the construction of my improved purseframe. Theframe-section b,as will be noticed from said Fig. 4, is provided withthe plain or rounded ends and holes or perforations b substantially asshown, while the section b is provided at its lower end with anintegrally-formed prong or point I) and the holes or perforations b. Anydesirable number of such plates or sections 19 and b are rivetedtogether to form. what is known as lazy-tongs, the endsof which are alsosecured together, so as to form a circular frame B, provided at itslower side with the inwardly-projecting prongs or points 17 as will beevident from the drawings. Now when it is intended to attach the bag athe upper rim a of the same is forced upon the prongs 11 which passthrough the material, and are then firmly bent down upon the oppositeside of the material, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the frame B is provided with a lid orcover cl andafingerpiece 6. WVhen the frame-sections comprising theframe B have been closed upon each r00 other, the lid or cover (Z can beforced down over the upper end of the frame-sections and the framesecurely held in its closed position. It will be understood that anynumber of such sections b and b can be employed, according to the sizeof the frame desired, and the prongs b need not necessarily be formedwith the plates 1), for they can be riveted integral thereto by makingthe lower rivet in the lazy-tongs long enough to pass through the twosections 1) and b, and also through the thickness of metal of which theprong is made, which thus becomes secured upon the back of the section1).

Having thus described my invention, wha I claim is- 1. A purse-framecomprising therein a system of combined plates or sections 1) and 1),adapted to be spread and folded in the man- 20 ner of lazy-tongs, saidsections 1) being provided with means formed integral therewith forattaching the material of the bag thereto, as and for the purposes setforth.

2. A purse-frame comprising therein a system of combined plates orsections 1) and 11, adapted to be spread and folded in the manner oflazy-tongs, said sections 12' being provided at their lower ends withprongs or points adapted to be forced through the material and bent overthereon for securing the bag to the frame, as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above Lhave hereuntoset my hand this 16th day of February, 1891.

AUGUST GOERTZ.

